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This week, we’re introducing you to two more of our wonderful staff: Ashley Newson and Jessica Frerk. Both have amazing backgrounds and we’re thankful they’ve joined us for the summer at Shadowcliff Lodge. Learn more about Ashley and Jessica: Name: Ashley Newson Age: 22 Where are you from? Kansas City, MO What made you want […]
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Who can believe that Shadowcliff’s 2017 season has reached its midpoint? Time does fly when you’re having fun. At Shadowcliff, we’re working hard, and we’re having fun. Here are a few highlights. Molding a Staff. Imagine being thrown into an environment where everything is new–The people, the place, the job, everything. That description fits our
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Take a peek into life at Shadowcliff, and learn more about our staff members through our profile series! This month, Two peas from the same pod (Kansas City): Cortnee McIlwee and Mastin Tapp share some of their favorite Grand Lake activities, cool places to visit and a few fun facts about themselves: Name: Cortnee McIlwee
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“Between a human and a tree is the breath. We are each other’s air.” —Margaret Bates As a starry-eyed environmental education student in the early 90’s, I was introduced to myriad practitioners and thought leaders on ways to effectively bring children closer to nature. They were all inspiring, but some 20 years later the one
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Take a peek into life at Shadowcliff, and learn more about our staff members through our profile series! This month, Compassionate Kitchen cooks Sarah Ann Sperry and Jacob McCormack share some of their favorite Grand Lake activities, cool places to visit and a few fun facts about themselves: Name: Sarah Ann Sperry Age: 31 Where
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By Allison Reser I was fortunate enough to experience my very first volunteer weekend at Shadowcliff this May. As a relatively new board member, I’ve heard the phrase “bring life to Shadowcliff” used innumerous times to describe May volunteering. Before May, I had visited Shadowcliff a few times, enough to know which building was Cliffside
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By Jay Liebenguth Carl Sniffen says he looks forward to reconnecting with people he’s gotten to know over the years in Grand Lake, getting back to running on trails and soft surfaces, and taking hundreds and hundreds of photographs of wildlife, wildflowers, and landscapes. From 2010-11, Carl spent 7-8 weeks at Shadowcliff each season in
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I’m a mom, a lawyer, a professor. My children are 8 and 4. Our lives are generally pretty regularly overbooked – school, baseball, swimming, ballet, work travel, court. And we rely on our technology to keep life organized, solve last minute problems, fill in the gaps between things that.must.be.done. There’s plenty of research out there
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The Mountains Do Not Care! So reads the warning as the Tonahutu Trail leaves the subalpine and winds its way toward the alpine tundra. A bit impersonal but we get the message. There are consequences if we underestimate the effect of altitude, distance, darkening skies, thunder, or the possibility of storms and lightning. The mountains do
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Photo from The Marmot Recovery Foundation. The time has come to be a Shadowcliff Dream Maker! Calling anyone and everyone who dearly loves Shadowcliff (or a good night’s sleep) and wants to see new mattresses, sheets, blankets, and other upgrades to the many beds at our lodge. Be a Dream Maker now! Upgrade
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